Authors:John Mraz, Jaime Velez Storey, Jamie Velvez Storey,
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Keywords: lens, mayo, hermanos, braceros, uprooted
Number of Pages: 141
Published: 1996-09
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1558851674
ISBN-13: 9781558851672

From the Mayo Brothers archive in Mexico’s Secretariate of Foreign Relations, the photos represent one of the most controversial cross-cultural subjects of their time: the Bracero Program. This landmark cofee table book offers 83 historical photos and an introduction documenting their importance.

Author: Barbara Mraz
Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
Keywords: movies, faith, finding
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2004-02-01
List price: $13.00
ISBN-10: 081921955X
ISBN-13: 9780819219558

Using movies to explore faith and spirituality issues is in vogue today, but it’s difficult to find the time to show and discuss a full-length film in most adult or youth classes or groups. Barbara Mraz, a deacon in the Episcopal Church and a high school teacher, found a solution. This practical, hands-on book will help Christian educators, youth leaders, and anyone wishing to use films as teaching tools to explore and discuss a film within the usual 40-50 minutes available. Mraz provides an introduction, related Scripture passages, carefully selected film segments (with VCR counter num

Author: David Mraz
Publisher: Tricycle Press
Keywords: goose, little
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2009-04-14
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 1582461902
ISBN-13: 9781582461908

Round things like pebbles and puddles and marbles and bubbles remind Little Goose of something, but he can’t remember what it is. So he sets off on a journey in order to recall the special feeling he gets when he sees baskets and buckets and balls that roll. But Turtle’s round rock isn’t quite right, and neither are the flies that buzz ’round Frog’s head, nor Mouse’s round house, deep down in a hole.Only when he returns home does Little Goose remember what makes him feel cozy and comfy, and happy, too: that most special place within the soft circle of his ma

Authors:Karen D. Wood PhD, Maryann Mraz PhD,
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Keywords: teaching, literacy, tools, sixth, grade
Number of Pages: 145
Published: 2005-05-13
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1593851499
ISBN-13: 9781593851491

Sixth grade marks the transition to middle school and, for many students, the transition to early adolescence. The sixth-grade classroom is a place where problem-solving and abstract thinking skills can flourish as teachers devise creative ways to integrate language arts with effective content-area instruction. This book walks the reader through everyday life in a successful sixth-grade language arts/social studies classroom and provides foundational knowledge and hands-on strategies for working with diverse learners.

Authors:Maryann E. Mraz, Robert (Bob) F. Algozzine, Brian T.
Publisher: Corwin Press
Keywords: prek, companion, coach, literacy
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2008-08-20
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 1412960738
ISBN-13: 9781412960731

This concise reference offers coaches user-friendly guidelines and evidence-based strategies for promoting literacy initiatives, strengthening content knowledge and coaching skills, and collaborating effectively.

Authors:James Martin, John Higgins, John Edinger & John Go
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineer
Keywords: quality, water, reservoir, production, energy
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2007-09-14
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0784408963
ISBN-13: 9780784408964

The inextricable link between energy production and reservoir water quality poses an ongoing challenge for civil engineers. Energy production processes can influence reservoir water quality, and reservoir water quality can limit energy production. This book on energy production and reservoir water quality brings together the regulatory framework driving the need for technical evaluations and the details of tools presently available for assessing those issues. Along with six case studies, topics discussed in Energy Production and Reservoir Water Quality include: regulatory framework; fundamenta

Authors:John Lipczynski, John Wilson, John Goddard,
Publisher: FT Press
Keywords: policy, strategy, competition, organisation, industrial
Number of Pages: 780
Published: 2005-12-30
List price: $97.50
ISBN-10: 0273688022
ISBN-13: 9780273688020

This new edition of Industrial Organization improves on the success of the first edition, providing a strong link between the theory and analysis of industrial economics and giving real world application of the theory to the business environment. Extensive case studies provide vivid and entertaining descriptions of industrial market structures and business strategies and behaviour. This book is ideally suited to students on an intermediate or advanced level course in Industrial Organisation or Industrial Economics.